With Perch Pub readings at an end until October, we are especially excited to welcome you all to our June 27 Slam. Warren Longmire will take the stage for a reading, followed by Andrew Keller as host of our interactive, one-of-a-kind, improv, bawdy, too-hard-to-explain writing experience! Enjoy our Slam free of charge. We’ll bring the […]
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June Perch Pub Broke Our Hearts and Shook Our Asses
June’s Perch Pub event celebrated Sueyeun Juliette Lee’s birthday and recent Pew Fellowship in the Arts award with a packed house and readings by Juliette, Ian Davisson and Ocean Vuong, plus DJ Electrostani bringing on the bhangra! Juliette introduced Ian by calling him a “bleeding bear” with “sexual teeth.” Oh yes, my friends, it was […]
Paul Siegell named Geekadelphia’s “Geek of the Week”
Paul Siegell has been called many things: poet, skinny, author, copywriter, t-shirt designer, Bookslut “Indie Heartthrob,” Phish freak, blogger, totally annoying, senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly, and to add but one more to the list, Geekadelphia recently called him their “Geek of the Week.” Before their Q&A, Geekadelphia’s Chris Urie writes: “To me, all of Siegell’s […]
First Person Arts Grand Slam
Once again, we had a blast at First Person Arts Grand Slam! Choosing the work that will translate best to the page is tricky at best, and often near impossible. I mean, the dramatic tension of running out of toilet paper is hard to convey, maybe especially on stage. National disasters, car accidents, mother-in-law tension […]
Eating it Up: Week of Writing’s Food Porn Panel
Drexel’s Week of Writing “Flavor Profiles and Food Porn” panel filled seats and covered the floor with food lovers ready to listen to Philly’s seasoned writers dish out their thoughts on the food porn phenomena. Table Matters’ Jason Wilson moderated this panel discussing what it means to be a food writer, how to pursue the […]
Unleash Your Inner Party Animal at June’s Perch Pub
Join Painted Bride Quarterly on June 11 at 8 p.m. for a special “Happy Birthday” reading at the Perch Pub (1345 Locust St.) by poets Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Ocean Vuong, and Ian Davisson, plus DJ Electrostani bringing on the bhangra! No cover. Drink and food specials. Totally heart-breaking poems. Like, purgative heartbreak. It’ll be like Fellini meets Wong Kar-Wei. […]
PBQ Cover Artist Featured in New York Times
Photographer Myoung Ho Lee was featured in the New York Times recently for his awe-inspiring series entitled “Treescapes.” Does his work look a little familiar? That’s because we knew about him first! In fact, one of Lee’s magical photographs lights the cover of our Print Annual 6. When we first came upon Lee’s work, we […]
Hannah Gittler on Nathan Leslie’s Recent Visit
One of my favorite events at last week’s Week of Writing was,”Journey and Coming of Age in the Fiction of Nathan Leslie,” featuring a reading and Q+A with the author of “The Tall Tale of Tommy Twice.” As an aspiring writer, this was a rare chance for me to gather as much information and advice […]
P&P a Full House at May’s Slam
O, how our hearts soared when we got to the Pen & Pencil Club for our last Slam and the place was already packed! Malwina talked about her period, but only because there’s an app for that, and no need to “throw your genitals into the whole mess.” The first round found many, many pieces […]
May Perch Pub Celebrates Lynn Levin’s Miss Plastique
This recap is long overdue, but even our Week of Writing tizzy could not make us forget May’s exceptional Perch Pub reading! May’s Perch Pub celebrated Lynn Levin’s newest book of poetry, Miss Plastique, with a reading by Hayden Saunier and Lynn herself. Kathy Volk Miller led the introductions, citing not only Hayden’s literary accomplishments, […]